Is it too late for me to get a lawyer?

Not at all, and you definitely should do your best to find a good attorney to handle this. Look on here and ask in your community to find...

A dangerous drug is basically just a drug that requires a doctor's prescription to legally possess or use (which your friend presumably didn't...

Your time to file a notice of appeal is long gone if the judge signed an order to terminate your parental rights a few months ago. You only have...

My husband swallowed a small amt of weed during a traffic stop and got arrested for tampering w evidence its his first offence w

Ouch. Turning what was probably a misdemeanor amount of marijuana into a third degree felony is not a good thing. Obviously he panicked and just...

My son was accused of jumping bail for failure to show in court, but he is in custody serving 30 days in the same Dallas Co Jail

As bizarre as it admittedly sounds, that's a valid bond forfeiture. Being incarcerated on another case is not considered a legal defense to missing...

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What rights does an adult child have to the inheritance of her biological father who lives in another state?

If he left a will or left his assets in a trust, then that document governs what you would get (which could be 100% of his estate, or half, or a...

I want to get my record expunged or sealed. But I do not want to waste money on filing if I can not do it.

If the earlier case was completely dismissed (not you just pled out to a lesser charge), you should be able to get it expunged now. You're not...

If a company will not hire you because of a deferred adjudication felony, can we file on that company for discrimination

That's not "discrimination". An employer is entitled to use pretty much whatever guidelines it likes in making hiring decisions, as long as a few...

No, they can't keep him there indefinitely. But, as is often the case, those officers don't know what they're talking about and shouldn't be giving...

Deferred Adjudication

Either this isn't a Texas case, or something's not quite right there. You actually cannot get deferred adjudication for a DWI in Texas. It's...